, 1887-11-17
ROOMS FOR BACHELORS.
MEN. IN SINGLE eLEssEoNEss WHO
DO THEIR OWN HoUsEWoRk.

Light Housekeeping Where Women Arc
Excluded-Reporters, Actors, Mechanics
and CLERKS Who Cook Their Own Meals.
A Peep at the Rooms.
An advertisement in a late paper, offer
ing furnished rooms for housekeeping for
gentlemen only, was the cause of merri-
ment at a fashionable uptown boarding
house. The advertisement was credited
with being a typographical blunder, but
the sad eyed actor who was waiting for a
date that never came put all doubts at
rest by affirming that the advertisement
meant just what it said.
There is more than one house in New
York" he said, "'where single men rent
rooms and do their own housekeeping,
cooking, making beds, sweeping, and so
on, and a nice life it is il a man is built
that way. l am proud to say that while
l was dow on my luck l occL pied an
alcove room in this house mentioned In
the advertisement L paid So a week and
lived for 50 more. A legacy left to me
by my aunt has put higher living in my
power, and l left my bachelor room with
regret. The life was pleasant, and after
L became n bit expert at cooking I assure
You that 1 cooked many q dainty with all
the skill of a French Chef"
The writer visited the house where the
furnished rooms for housekeeping for gen.
tlemen were located The ring at the bell
was answered by a tidy Irish girl, who
said that they had one room vacant The
landlady was summoned and showed the
reporter up two flights to a bach room.
This is to rent with all the necessaries
for light housekeeping. A closet in the
hall is the place for your coal and your
green groceries and an ice box for your
meat. The price is 81 per week"
HOME COMMENTARIES
The room was about fourteen feet
square. 1t contained a folding bed, a
cheap ch~iffonniere, on which were two tea
cups and saucers of fanciful pattern. In
the different compartments were other
dishes of stoneware and glass. A cup
board stood at the right Of the mantel, in
which were two tablecloths four napkins,
a quilt and a wooden blanket, and in a
lower compartment an iron pot, a spider
and two stew pans. The stove was a No.
b, with two covers, and was polished
brightly. A wardrobe, sofa, easy chair,
two dining chairs and a round table were
placed about the room in convenient posi-
tions.
"You don't rent rooms to womens'' re-
marked the reporter.
mo, indeed; L don't want any women
about my house. They are more trouble
than they are worth. fused to rent rooms
to women, but they oun fault with
everything. They washed their clothes in
the bathroom and invaded the kitchen at
all times in the day to borrow fiatirons.
l have a houseful of gentlemen who cook,
eat and sleep here, and 4 never hear a
word of complaint and seldom see them,
only when they pay their rent"
what class of men do you haves''
81 hive with me now a reporter, an
actor, a street car conductor, a florist, an
engineer on the Elevated railroad, a book
keeper, two clerks who cook together, and
a policeman"
At this point the lady wasi Informed of
the object of the reporters visit, and she
sat down to enlighten him further.
81 am an English woman" she said,
land kept lodgings in London before com
ing to New York. There it is a common
thing for men to do their own housekeep-
maid to an English actress. Liking the
city 1 concluded to stop here, and con-
ceived the idea of renting rooms to gentle
men only. At first l did not meet with
success, but now l can rent all of my
rooms. 1 pay 800 a month for his
house. l rave eight rooms that bring me
in $40. There is $40 profit on my rent.
Then l get my living from my m
You see, it's this way. A woman nine
times out Of ten will throw away her
vase, but a man won't. My rooms give
Inc more than 1 can eat-a bunch of eel
cry and other green stuff, meat and fruit
that WI spoil, and of which they had
purchased too much. My servant girl
costs me So a month only, but she doesn't
do anything but laundry work and my
cooking. My roomers make their own
beds, and very handy they are at it."